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What was the global impact of the growth of large ice sheets in the far north during past ice ages? What were the climates of the various continents 20,000 years ago at the height of the Last Glacial Maximum? Why was there a greater diversity of species, higher numbers of animals, more large animals, and larger animals? How did climate changes impact the evolution and migration of humans, animals, and vegetation? These are questions that have been pondered and studied by many researchers. Several scenarios have been put forth. However, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions. All we can do is provide a few fragmentary insights.
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Rapp, D. (2013). Life and climate in an ice age. In: Ice Ages and Interglacials. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30029-5_1
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